Angels pummel Yanks, 12-7

The East Division leaders have lost four of their past five games.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Rookie Howie Kendrick went 4-for-4 with a tie-breaking homer, Garret Anderson homered and drove in four runs and the Los Angeles Angels beat slumping Alex Rodriguez and the New York Yankees 12-7 in a testy matchup Saturday.
The Angels and Yankees drew warnings from plate umpire Tim McClelland after a flurry of brushback pitches and hit batsmen in the middle innings. Both teams were perched on the top step of their dugouts after that, and there was no more trouble.
Ervin Santana (13-6) allowed five runs and seven hits over 61/3 innings, good enough to help send the AL East-leading Yankees to their fourth loss in five games following their draining five-game sweep at Boston.
The Angels, trying to stay close in the AL West, improved to 55-51 against New York since Joe Torre became its manager in 1996. They are the only team to hold an edge over the Yankees in that span, and also have beaten them in two playoff series.
Torre tweaked his batting order, putting Rodriguez in the second spot for the first time this season. The two-time MVP went 0-for-5 and struck out three times; the previous night, Rodriguez was 0-for-5 and fanned four times in a 6-5 loss.
Rodriguez has struck out 13 times in his last 23 at-bats.
Rodriguez gets save
Francisco Rodriguez got four outs for his 36th save after Scot Shields gave up two-run homer by Johnny Damon in the eighth. Melky Cabrera flied out to the warning track with the bases loaded to end the game.
Vladimir Guerrero got three hits for the second straight game and drove in two runs. His RBI triple triggered a three-run seventh that gave the Angels a 9-5 lead.
Ex-Yankee Juan Rivera, at the center of earlier trouble, added an RBI double during a three-run eighth. He clapped his hands while running toward first base.
Jorge Posada's sacrifice fly made it 5-all in the Yankees sixth. Kendrick hit a leadoff homer in the bottom half against Brian Bruney (0-1), and went on for his first four-hit game in the majors.
The trouble began after Yankees star Derek Jeter was hit by a pitch above the left arm in the fifth, the second straight day he was plunked.
In the bottom half, Bruney sent Guerrero bailing out of the batter's box with an up-and-in pitch. One out later, Bruney threw a pitch behind Rivera.
Rivera took offense and glared at Bruney, who was called up from the minors Wednesday when Mike Mussina went on the disabled list. Catcher Sal Fasano and McClelland calmed down Rivera, and both sides were warned.
Bruney hit Adam Kennedy in the sixth but was not ejected, and Angels manager Mike Scioscia talked to McClelland on the field between innings.
Anderson put the Angels ahead 3-1 in the third with his 13th homer, off Cory Lidle.
Mike Napoli, whose bases-loaded sacrifice fly in the ninth inning beat the Yankees on Friday, hit a two-run double in the fourth for a 5-2 lead. Scioscia argued that the ball had cleared the 18-foot wall and bounced back.
NEW YORKLOS ANGELES
abrhbiabrhbi
Damon cf4222Figgins cf4100
ARod 3b5000Izturis 3b4010
Jeter ss4110OCbera ss3321
BAbreu rf4110VGrero dh4332
Giambi 1b2112GAndsn lf5224
CWlson ph0000JRivra rf5011
Guiel 1b1000Kndrck 1b4241
Cano 2b4021Quinlan 1b0000
BWllms dh4220AKndy 2b4121
MeCbr lf4011Napoli c3012
Fasano c1000
Posada c1001
Totals347107Totals36121612
New York010121020--7
Los Angeles10220133x--12
E--JRivera (6). DP--New York 2. LOB--New York 10, Los Angeles 8. 2B--Giambi (21), BWilliams (25), OCabrera 2 (38), VGuerrero (27), JRivera (21), Kendrick (16), Napoli (11). 3B--VGuerrero (1). HR--Damon (22), GAnderson (13), Kendrick (2). SB--Kendrick (6), AKennedy (13). CS--OCabrera (3), AKennedy (9), Napoli (3). S--Fasano, Izturis. SF--Cano, Posada.
IPHRERBBSO
New York
Lidle3 2-395521
Bruney L,0-12 1-311103
Dotel1-312210
MMyers2-321101
Villone133330
Los Angeles
ESantana W,13-66 1-375435
Romero1-300000
Shields112222
FrRodriguez S,361 1-320012
HBP--by Bruney (AKennedy), by ESantana (Jeter). WP--Dotel, Villone, ESantana. Umpires--Home, Tim McClelland; First, Brian Knight; Second, Marty Foster; Third, Bill Welke. T--3:40. A--44,185.
Royals 2, Blue Jays 0
TORONTO -- Runelvys Hernandez outpitched Roy Halladay for his first career shutout, leading the Royals to the win.
Mark Teahen and Ryan Shealy homered for Kansas City, which ended a three-game losing skid.
Hernandez (4-8) allowed seven hits in his eighth start since being recalled from the minors. He struck out four and walked one in Kansas City's third shutout of the season, tying Boston and Washington for the fewest in the majors.
Hernandez threw 121 pitches, 86 for strikes.
Halladay (16-4) lost despite pitching a four-hitter in his fourth complete game of the season.
KANSAS CITYTORONTO
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DJesus lf4010Jhnson lf4010
Grdzln 2b4000Ctlnotto dh4030
Teahen 3b4111VWells cf4000
MiSwy dh4000Glaus 3b3000
Brown rf2000Ovrbay 1b4010
Shealy 1b3121BMolna c4010
Bako c3000Rios rf4000
Berroa ss3000AHill 2b3000
Gthrght cf3000JMcDld ss3010
Totals30242Totals33070
Kansas City110000000--2
Toronto000000000--0
DP--Toronto 1. LOB--Kansas City 2, Toronto 7. 2B--Catalanotto (27). HR--Teahen (17), Shealy (3).
IPHRERBBSO
Kansas City
RuHrdz W,4-8970014
Toronto
Halladay L,16-4942217
Umpires--Home, Joe West; First, Jim Wolf; Second, Ed Rapuano; Third, Tony Randazzo. T--2:08. A--38,070.
Orioles 3, Devil Rays 2
BALTIMORE -- Ramon Hernandez singled in the winning run with two outs in the ninth inning to lift the Orioles to the win.
It was the ninth straight road loss for the Devil Rays, who went hitless over the last three innings and fell to 1-17 on the road since the All-Star break.
Nick Markakis and Jeff Conine homered for the Orioles, who have won seven of 10.
Corey Patterson singled with one out in the ninth off Shawn Camp (6-2), then stole second. After Kevin Millar popped out, Hernandez lined a 3-2 pitch up the middle. Patterson scored standing up, well ahead of the late throw.
Chris Ray (2-4) got three straight outs in the top of the ninth for the win.
TAMPA BAYBALTIMORE
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Zobrist ss5011BRbrts 2b4000
Upton 3b4020Mrkkis rf4121
Crwfrd lf4000Mora 3b4010
Norton dh4021Tejada ss4020
Cantu 2b4010Gbbons dh4000
Hollins cf4010Conine lf4111
TLee 1b4110CPttson cf4110
Paul c4020Millar 1b2010
ToPerz rf3110RaHrdz c4011
Witt ph1000
Baldelli cf0000
Totals372112Totals34393
Tampa Bay001100000--2
Baltimore000100101--3
Two outs when winning run scored.
DP--Tampa Bay 1. LOB--Tampa Bay 8, Baltimore 7. 2B--Paul (9). HR--Markakis (12), Conine (9). SB--CPatterson (39).
IPHRERBBSO
Tampa Bay
Shields752214
Meadows120000
Camp L,6-2 2-321100
Baltimore
Bedard7112206
Williams100000
Ray W,2-4100001
HBP--by Shields (Millar). Umpires--Home, Gary Cederstrom; First, Tim Welke; Second, Jim Reynolds; Third, Kerwin Danley. T--2:38. A--26,379.
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